Page 12 - Sept 2023 Galveston Monthly

publisher’s NOTe

In The STudIo

featured on our cover this month is a new painting titled “East End Carriage
House Alley” by local artist and gallery owner René Wiley. René and her husband
Ben Wiley opened René Wiley Gallery 14 years ago in the Downtown Cultural Arts
District in Galveston. The gallery represents award-winning painters including
René, her daughters, and several other accomplished local area artists.

in this issue, we feature René and her private studio in the first of a new series of
articles on artists and their studio spaces. it’s an opportunity for our readers to
get to know artists better and see the spaces where they create their works of art.
This month at the gallery, René has a colorful new collection of oil paintings
of historical neighborhoods of the island viewed from above and pastoral
farm scenes from her coastal orchard on the mainland. The painting above titled
“Pink House Alley” is one of her new paintings.
The gallery, located at 2128 Postoffice, is open daily from 11am-5pm. for more
details on her gallery and others, check out this month’s Galveston Gallery
section.
Normally i would take the time in this column to unveil what you can expect to
find in this September issue. But this month i’m instead going to focus on a phrase
i often use - less is more.
Enjoy the island!

John hall, PUBlIShER | JOHN@GALvESTONMONTHLy.COM

JOiN THE GALvESTON MONTHLy COMMuNiTy | LikE uS ON fACEBOOk

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